Cleaning Industry news

• RSK Group acquires Richard Irvin FM

  03-03-2023 15:01 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Technical facilities management and energy solutions company, Richard Irvin FM, has been acquired by RSK, a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions.
  With a network of offices across Scotland and the north of England, Richard Irvin FM has a team of 230, including engineers, operations staff, project managers and compliance specialists, and an annual turnover in excess of £25 million.
  Its clients include Total, BP, National Librarie
  
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• Medirest cleans up at hospital portering and cleaning awards 

  03-03-2023 14:41 via chtmag.com
  
  Compass Group UK & Ireland’s NHS facing healthcare division, Medirest, has taken home several awards at the National MyPorter and National MyCleaning Awards, held on the 21 and 22 February 2023 respectively.
  The awards are organised in collaboration with NHS England and this year received almost 200 entries, across clinical support services – particularly portering and healthcare cleaning. The awards recognise these unsung heroes within healthcare, shining a spotli
  
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• Atlas appoints new cleaning MD

  03-03-2023 14:25 via chtmag.com
  
  One of Britain’s fastest growing facilities management companies, Atlas, has announced the appointment of Ed Bolton into the newly created position of Atlas cleaning Managing Director.
  Bolton has spent much of his career in commercial and operational roles in the cleaning industry and brings extensive experience gained in senior leadership positions at OCS, ISS and IAG. He has a track record of leading successful teams in large organisations, delivering service excellence and strong organi
  
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• Hidden figures

  03-03-2023 12:51 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sara Bean talks to Mark Tyson, Head of Property Operations at LGIM Real Assets on how the real estate industry can address a health and wellbeing gap amongst the UK’s hidden workers
  Facilities management and corporate real estate could be said to represent a microcosm of society. On the one hand it provides workplaces and amenities to knowledge workers employed by multimillion-pound institutions. However, this requires the deployment of cleaners, maintenance and security staff, many of who
  
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• NHSPS’ Annual Report outlines post-pandemic consolidation underpinned by £250m in savings

  03-03-2023 12:26 via fmj.co.uk
  
  NHS Property Services has published its annual report for 21/22 which shows £44.1 million in cost efficiencies for the health service were delivered during 2021/22 against a target of £31.9 million, as well as clearing outstanding shareholder loans to the Department of Health and Social Care of £98 million.
  The report demonstrates that the business – which owns and manages around 10 per cent of the NHS estate – exceeded its initial target by almost £14 million
  
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• Sodexo raises over £144,000 to help tackle food insecurity

  03-03-2023 11:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sodexo’s Stop Hunger Foundation dinner, which took place on 1 March at Headlingley Stadium in Leeds, has raised over £144,000 to support projects tackling food insecurity and its root causes.
  Sodexo is the founding partner of the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation, an employee-led Sodexo initiative active in over 40 countries around the world. In the UK & Ireland, the Foundation (a UK registered charity) works with national and local charity partners to donate time, skills and money t
  
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• Economic turbulence brings both challenges and opportunities to the FM sector finds new CBRE report

  03-03-2023 11:30 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The current economic backdrop presents both challenges and opportunities for real estate and facilities management. According to Top Facilities Management Trends for 2023 the latest part of CBRE’s wider facilities management series which regularly releases articles to share experience and knowledge in the facilities management space, clients will be looking to reduce costs and gain cost certainty.
  This will manifest in facilities management contracts that focus on value for money and partn
  
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• Drees & Sommer accelerates AA Projects acquisition

  03-03-2023 10:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Following an initial minority investment in March 2022, European real estate consulting company, Drees & Sommer SE, has announced it is bringing forward its full acquisition of UK property and construction consultants, AA Projects, a year ahead of its original plan.Originally expected to take two years to complete, the working relationship and integration of the two businesses has been so successful that as of 1 April 2023, AA Projects will be a fully owned entity of Drees & Sommer SE, o
  
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• Leadership change at the ASFP

  03-03-2023 10:06 via fmj.co.uk
  
  L-R Outgoing ASFP CEO Steve Davies congratulates new Managing Director Mike Ward
  This month, the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) sees a change of leadership. Current ASFP CEO Steve Davies is stepping down to take up a new challenge with Corrosion Resistant Products Ltd, a division of Indutrade. The ASFP’s Business Manager Mike Ward will be taking over as the Association’s new Managing Director.
  Davies is moving on having led the Association through a period of huge
  
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• Nilfisk continues to enhance floorcare cleaning solutions through innovation

  03-03-2023 09:46 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Nilfisk, the cleaning equipment manufacturer will be showcasing several of its industry leading floorcare machines, in addition to releasing three new floor scrubbers to the UK market this year, and you can see a preview of them at the Cleaning Show. Nilfisk products experts will be on stand C5 to give all the details on the latest product introductions, provide a deep-dive on lithium-ion battery technology and its impact on a new era of floorcare.
  Nilfisk SC4000 scrubber – The all new SC4
  
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• £70k investment to provide recycling solution for all business waste

  03-03-2023 08:00 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Leicestershire-based B-Sure Installations has invested over £70,000 to launch a new waste management company, B-Sure Recycling.
  
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